A couple of years ago, I emailed with someone at NESN, trying to arrange an interview with Orsillo by email -- something similar to the Beatwriter Roundtable I did a long time ago. I never really got a reply -- which I suppose means "No" -- and I gave up.

I became convinced that it never came off because the guy I emailed with (or maybe Don himself) looked at the blog, saw some dig I made about reading press notes verbatim all night or some other anti-NESN thing* and said "Fuck that guy."

[* Though I really do enjoy Orsillo -- the good FAR outweighs the bad -- and am glad he's our PBP guy for many reasons, I swear. Plus I think a Mass. kid who grows up to be the Sox TV announcer and call 2 WS-winning seasons is an amazing story.]

I have no idea if my paranoia is warranted, but I'm confident this post will put me on a persona non grata list for sure.

I think Orsillo is terrific, and I like the Bingo. I just wonder if "fisted" and "In through the Back Door" have to be on top of one another? Could they be placed differently--it would spare some uncomfortable spontaneous squirming.